FRC Action: Donald Berwick's Views on Rationing Will Undermine U.S. Health Care System

WASHINGTON, July 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the White House announced that Donald Berwick will be appointed to serve as the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Dr. Berwick is the President and CEO of the Institute for Health Care Improvement. He will play an instrumental role in implementing the recently-enacted health care overhaul law.

FRC Action Senior Vice President Tom McClusky released the following statement regarding the President's choice:

"Donald Berwick is another example of President Obama's extreme liberal agenda, and only the latest in President Obama's numerous missteps related to health care in America.

"Donald Berwick has stated himself that England's socialized medical services are better than those in the United States, and has said that 'any health care funding plan that is just, equitable, civilized and humane must, must redistribute wealth from the richer among us to the poorer and the less fortunate. Excellent health care is, by definition, redistributional.'

"Another quote from just last year shows how Dr. Berwick makes very clear his view of the government's role in health care. He stated in an interview that '[t]he decision is not whether or not we will ration care – the decision is whether we will ration with our eyes open.'

"Americans should keep their eyes open to guard their health from Donald Berwick's extreme view of medicine. He will only bring America's high standards for health care services down, and hurt Americans through rationing and lower standards of medical treatment."

To see FRC Action's backgrounder on Donald Berwick, click here: http://downloads.frcaction.org/EF/EF10G01.pdf

SOURCE FRC Action

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